Nut-applying device



A. GIOETTING NUT APPLYING DEVICE March 15,1927. ,960

Filed May 6, 1.926

gw y. 45 .2

1 6 2 I f a Z /7 l I m i :5 /O

Inventor Attorney Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

ARTHUR'GOETTING, OFBUCKLEY,-1ILLI1\TOIS[ Q NUT-APPLYING IDEVICE.

Application file ii-aa'y 6,

My present invention has to do with the applying or turning of nuts intothreaded engagement with complementary bolts or. the

i like; andit contemplates the provision of a peculiar, and practicallyadvantageous nut-v applying device. To the attainment of the foregoing,the invention consists in the improvementas hereinafter described anddefinitely claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Fig. 1is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a deviceconstituting one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is an end elevation taken from a v viewpoint below Fig. 1, andshowing a square socket member; and I Fig.1 ljis a perspective ofa'modification hereinafter explicitlyreferred to.

Similar numerals of reference designate I correspondin parts.

I show in *igs. 1 and 2a shank 1 which may be of angular cross-section,circular cross-section, or of any other cross-section compatible withthe purpose of my'invention.

Secured by a bolt2 and nut 3 or other appropriate means on the shank 1is a collar 4, and pivotally connected at 5' to the said collar 4 is alever 6 having an inwardly directed toe 7 and subject to the action of aspring 8 which tends to press the toe? in-.

wardly to theposition shown in Fig.1 and to yieldingly'retain:v said toe7 in said position. q 'Removably arranged on the'shank l'is a socketmember 9 having an aperture 10 to receive the before-mentioned'toe 7.,Interiorly the socket member 9 is of any appropriatecross-section'according to the configuration of-the nut to be placed inthe socket member; and by virtue of the construction described, it willbe understood that when the lever Gismoved outwardly by pressure appliedto its lateral projection 11, the socket member 9 will be released fromthe shank 1 and may be replaced with a larger or smaller socket memberor one having an interiorv of such angular cross-section as to receiveand engage a nut for the turning thereof.

Mounted on the inner reduced portion of the socket member 9 is a collar12, and eX- tending from said collar 12 and longitudinally alongside thesocket: member 9 is an 1926. Serial 7 No. 107,302. f

arm 13 to which is hingedly connected at. 14

the automatic nut releaser 15 of my improvement, the said automaticreleaser 15 being provlded with a'lip 16 and being normally by a spring17., I

It Wlll be apparent from the foregoing that when'a nut is placed in thesocket memmaintained in the position shown in Fig. 2

ber 9 the nut cannot dropout of or otherwise.

be displaced from the socket member 9- be-- cause the member 15 offersan obstruction to such removal 'or displacement of the nut fromthesocket member 9. When, however, a

the shank 1 is rotated'about its axis'by an'y appropriatermeans'to turnthe .nut in the socket member 9. on a complementary bolt, it

will be understood thatwhen the lip 16, in-

cident to the turning of thes'ocket member 9 I about its axis, engagesafish plate, or'a wall or the facejof any obj ect opposed to thefor wardend ofthe socket member 9, then iemlber 15 will be swung outwardly onits pintle and hence the nut will be permitted to move through the openend of the socket member 9, and it will also-be feasible to withdrawnthe socket member 9 out of engagement with the nut applied as stated,whereupon by'viritue of the spring 17, the member 15 will imimediatelyresume the relative position best shown in Figs. 2 and 8.

, The socket member 9 preferably .interiorly' and eXteriorly of hexagonalcrosssection, while the socket mem ber 9 shown inFig. 3isinteriorlyand exteriorly of rectangularcross-section; lt will in '1and 2, is

be understood, however, in this connection that the cross-section ofthesocket member 9 both'interio'rly and exteriorly is of no "mo nent,inasmuch ZlS'WlllhlIlq thej'purview, of my'invention', the said socket'member' may be exteriorly of any. appropriate. cross-section, while itis only-necessary that the interior of the socket member be of angularcross-section so that thenut in the said socket member will be turnedthrough the medium of the socket member, which, in turn, is turnedthrough the medium of shank 1.

In Fig. 4, I show a modified collar 43 the and having inwardly turnedportions 3* for keying it to 'a shank through the medium of which thebit head or the like is turned v The said collar 4-) is pro-v vided withanarm 13*, and the said arm 13* about its axis.

is provided with a swingable member 15 subject to the action of a spring17and otherwise similar to the retaining member of Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

It will be apparent fromit'he foregoing that my improvement is possessedof a wide range of usefulness, and that my novel device is exceedinglyadvantageous in the placing of a nut inside of a piece of machinery, thenutbeing held .in the socket 'membersothat it cannot be displacedtherefrom, and-the nut "being securely held and being stronglyturnedthroughthe medium 'ofthe sock-etmember until fthe retaining"Ine-mber15 is moved out of'thepath ofthe nut, when the socket. membermay be readily-withdrawn from engagement with the nut. "IViZithparticular *reference to 4, 'it will beun'derstood that the bit headreferred t'o'as surrounded by the collar 4X is provided'i'n its "forwardportion with a socket of angular cross-section designed to receive.ainut SothatVirt-uaIly. the bit head alluded to .is quite as much asocket member as-the socket members "illustrated in Figs. '1, 2, and3.

Notwithstanding the practical advantages ofrmy novel device as pointedout'in the foregoing,.it will'be noted that the device is simple andinexpensive in construction ed to receiveia nut and to turn the same,

and a movable. nut retainer carried by said socketmember; the said nutretainer being yieldingly 'maintained 1 in front of'the .nut and in thepath thereof and being shaped tovbev moved out of said path by contactwith an object relative to which the'socket member is I rotated.

2. In combination, a socket member adapted to receive a nut and to turnthe same, and amovable .nut retainer carried by said socket member thesaid retainer member being .pivotally connected with the socket memberand 3 being norm-ally maintain-e'd in yielding manner in.the path of thenut, and being provided with a porti'on adapted on rotation ofjthesocket member relative to an object opposed thereto to contact with saidobject and bring about swi1 1g ing of the retainer member outof'thepathof the nut. I

3. In combination, a socket" .menrber adgqbted to' be turned about itsaxis and having anangular interior adaptedto receive a nut, and aswingable spring-pressed-mut retainer connected with the socketlmemberand having a lip adapted to contact with an object in front of thesocketmember whereby when the socket member is turned aboutits axisrelative tosai'd object, the ob jectby cooperation withsaifd lip willswing the retainer out-of the path of the 'nutor from a position infront of'the nut.

4. In combination, a socket-memberhaving an interior of angularcross-section.

adapted to receive a nut and to impart turning movement to the nut,acollar mounted on the said socket member, an arm onsaid collar andaspring-influenced nut retainer hingedly connected to, said arm andyieldingly maintained in thefpath of. a nut; in the socket memberan'd'having a lipadapted toucooperatewith an obj-ect in front oflthesocket member, whereby when the socketmember is turned relative to saidobject, the nut retainer will be swung to one side and out of the patho'f'the nut.

.In testimony whereof I ,aiiix my signature; a

IARTHUR GOETTING.

